Jeff Beal Founder, Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media Distinguished Visiting Artist DEPARTMENTSound Arts and EngineeringCONTACT INFOEmail Mr. BealBIOGRAPHY Five-time EMMY® winner Jeff Beal’s improvisatory method, sense of timing, and sophistication have made him a favorite of directors including Ed Harris (POLLOCK and APPALOOSA), David Fincher (HOUSE OF CARDS), Oliver Stone (JFK REVISITED,…
Rob LaVaque Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering DEPARTMENTSound Arts and EngineeringCONTACT INFOEmail Mr. LaVaqueBIOGRAPHY Rob Lavaque is a two-time NY Emmy award winning professional musician and audio engineer. As a keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist, he toured globally with Grammy Award winner Richard Marx, and multi-platinum recording artist Greg Lake of ELP. He…
Dennis DeSantis Associate Professor of Music and Technology DEPARTMENTSound Arts and EngineeringCONTACT INFOEmail Professor DeSantisPersonal WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Dennis DeSantis ’05E (DMA) is a composer, percussionist, sound designer, author, and educator whose experience spans a wide spectrum of musical contexts—from concert halls to clubs, studios to classrooms. His work explores the increasingly fluid boundaries between musical worlds, blending…
Mark Watters Associate Professor of Contemporary Media & Film Composition Director, Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media DEPARTMENTSound Arts and EngineeringCONTACT INFOEmail Professor WattersBIOGRAPHY Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor Mark Watters’ vast resume includes music for motion pictures, television, DVD, video games, and special events such as the Olympics. In…
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Darren Mueller Associate Professor of Musicology Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Academic Leave Spring 2026 DEPARTMENTSMusicologyJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaSound Arts and EngineeringCONTACT INFOEmail Professor MuellerBIOGRAPHY Darren Mueller received his PhD from Duke University in 2015 after completing an MA in Jazz History and Research at Rutgers, The State University in Newark and…